Philip (Phil) England

  I’m 46 now, I caught the radio bug when I was 16 when I went to the Prince Philip Hospital in Llanelli to visit the hospital radio station there, Radio BGM . It was very interesting and it got my imagination. I volunteered there for a number of years. In 2002 I started recording voice tracks for an online radio station . In 2003 I joined Xtreme 1431 in Swansea University, their AM signal was heard over the whole city of Swansea and beyond during the daytime. I was there until 2004. While there I found out about Laser Broadcasting who were aiming to go for the Swansea wide licence that was coming up. They didn’t win it, but I did get on air with them on a RSL ( trial ) station in Oxford and also Hereford. 2004 was a hectic year for me. As I joined the on-air team at RSL station, WHAM! Radio 1449AM , where I presented weekday over nights and Saturday breakfast. Also, in 2004 I joined up with Nevill Hall Sound at Abergavenny’s Nevill Hall hospital. The station broadcas

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Here's my latest video blog https://youtu.be/mXkgasSA67s Went to see Smokie today, was a big day for him as he went out side for the first time! thought he would be zooming about everywhere but he didn't, he was a cautious cat! (thanks to Sharon Williams​ and Amelia). 'I saw this on Facebook' something I saw and thought I would share with you, a donkey called Steve gets told off by its owner for getting in to the feed shed, but Steve gets round him with affection! oh, by the way, not too sure what I am looking at during this.... Why not visit  Vlog Passport and subscribe to their channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4oIl5bWk2Rg3CtmYZLLTfg if you like cooking it is a YouTube channel for you! Check me out on the socials: www.philengland.com/socials has the full links www.facebook.com/philengland www.twitter.com/philengland1 Skype @philengland1 Instagram @england_phil Special pages: Hear past shows I have done on radio - www.philengland.co.uk/catch-up Offers - www.ph

On Wednesday 31st March 2021, we lost a dear friend, Debra Bowring. I first met her at Wham! Radio in Blaenavon back in April 2004, and worked along side her during the month long trial station in May. I often heard stories of her past, where she would tell me of the television series and films she had worked on.  She had worked in the entertainment industry for 58 years, starting in the cutting rooms as a film and sound editor at Movietonews in the 1950s. She worked on what was to become a cult classic of all time, 2001: A Space Odyssey. She also worked on The Killing Fields and A Room With a View. She got to work along side David Niven, Donald Sutherland, John Hurt and Lawrence Olivier, as well as film directors Roman Polanski and Stanley Kubrick. She also worked on some great television series, including The Sweeney, Special Branch and Monkey. After the trial radio broadcast, I continued to work along side her at Nevill Hall Sound in Abergavenny. She taught me so much that I have co